Window shade with educational displays

ABSTRACT

Window shades with educational displays on their inside the room surfaces for educational or business classrooms are provided with various subject materials such as an earth globe and a list of the seven continents for school children or a human anatomy for adults in their working environment.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional PatentApplication Ser. No. 60/545,479, filed Feb. 19, 2004.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates generally to window shades, and morespecifically, window shades having educational displays.

2. Description of the Related Art

The related art of interest describes various window shades, but doesnot disclose the present invention for instructing school children invarious topics. There is a need for the utilization of school windowshades to feature educational material to remind students and toexercise their memories. The relevant art of interest will be discussedin the order of perceived relevance to the present invention.

U.S. patent application Publication No. US 2003/0080231 A1 published onMay 1, 2003, for James T. Lowder describes a retractable magnetic sheetcomprising a retractable magnetic sheet on a window rod. The device isdistinguishable for requiring a magnetic sheet upon which can holdmagnets.

U.S. patent application Publication No. US 2003/0136528 A1 published onJul. 24, 2003, for Steven B. Dunn describes a sun shade for vehiclescomprising a vehicle window mountable device having a drum housing aflexible, weblike shade element in three different extended positions.Indicia such as a map of the United States or a surface on which to playtic-tac-toe are some examples. The apparatus is distinguishable forrequiring a vehicle mountable window shade extendable in only threepositions.

U.S. Pat. No. 6,070,639 issued on Jun. 6, 2000, to Harold M. Winston etal. describes a window shade assembly comprising a main opaque shade andone or more translucent shades, all on rollers, are capable of beingindividually drawn and retracted. The translucent shades have patternsor figures to cast patterns into the inner space. The apparatus isdistinguishable for requiring multiple translucent shades.

U.S. Design Pat. No. US D475,005 S issued on May 27, 2003, to George B.Grijalva describes an ornamental vehicle window shade comprising doubleshades with figures of children.

The ornamental shades are distinguishable for requiring a set of twoseparated shades.

U.S. Design Pat. No. US D438,743 S issued on Mar. 13, 2001, to LeonardTrogolo et al. describes an ornamental decorated window shadeillustrating a decorated Christmas tree with presents underneath. Theornamental window shade is distinguishable for requiring a Christmastree decoration.

U.S. Design Pat. No. 426,738 issued on Jun. 20, 2000, to Amy Goodwindescribes an ornamental design for a window shade with dashed figures ofplanes, boats, trains, planes, and the like. The ornamental window shadeis distinguishable for requiring figures for display out a window.

U.S. Design Pat. No. Des. 415,382 issued on Oct. 19, 1999, to PatriciaWalker describes a window shade ornamented with a kitten on a pile ofthree alphabet blocks A, B and C.

The ornamental window shade is distinguishable for requiring an animalon alphabet marked blocks.

U.S. Design Pat. No. Des. 343,323 issued on Jan. 18, 1994,to Robert L.Smith, Sr. describes a decorated window blind having slats with a figureof a clothed duck. The window blind is distinguishable for requiring anornamental window blind having a duck figure on its slats.

U.S. Pat. No. 276,152 issued on Apr. 24, 1883, to Andrew Barrickledescribes an opaque window shade having a stamped, painted or stencileddesign proximate its lower edge. The window shade is distinguishable forrequiring a stamped, painted or stenciled design.

U.S. Pat. No. 475,005 issued on May 17, 1892, to William N. Winfielddescribing an exhibiting device comprising a supporting frame having anapertured casing and a spring-roller located at the bottom edge of thecasing. Two belts are concentrically wound the roller, wherein one beltextends above and the other belt extends below. The upper belt isattached to a spring-roller. A rolled sheet extends below the device.The device is distinguishable for requiring an apertured casing.

U.S. Pat. No. 1,997,484 issued on Apr. 9, 1935, to Henry H. Collinsdescribes a decorated window shade comprising an ornamental translucentwindow shade decorated at its bottom. The window shade isdistinguishable for requiring a translucent

U.S. Pat. No. 3,205,118 issued on Sep. 7, 1965, to Samuel Guffandescribes decorative window shades comprising the insertion of adecorative sheet between pliable transparent sheets. The device isdistinguishable for requiring the insertion of a decorative sheetbetween pliable transparent sheets.

U.S. Pat. No. 3,308,872 issued on Mar. 14, 1967, to Robert C. Smithdescribes an ornamental window shade comprising scenes or designs ofvarying colors capable of being selectively moved into exposed positionsto be viewed. The device is distinguishable for requiring the windowshade to be selectively moved into exposed positions to be viewed.

U.S. Pat. No. 3,430,374 issued on Mar. 4, 1969, to Robert A. Woodarddescribes an emergency signal for automobiles hung under the tailgatehood comprising a flexible sheet that is extended when the trunk lid israised. The sheet has a sign that warns others in the rear that the caris disabled. The device is distinguishable for requiring a warning signinside a car trunk for warning others when the trunk is open.

U.S. Pat. No. 3,462,867 issued on Aug. 26, 1969, to Edward E. Pinkman etal. describes an automobile visor mounted road map that can be pulleddown to examine the road map. The device is distinguishable forrequiring the attachment to a vehicle's rear view mirror inside thevehicle.

U.S. Pat. No. 4,907,636 issued on Mar. 13, 1990, to Terry L. Simondescribes a decorative window shade comprising an inside surfaceddecorative rectangular strip of wallpaper, wood fiber, vinyl, canvas, orfabric attached to the bottom region to match the decor of a room. Thewindow shade is distinguishable for requiring a decorative strip at thebottom of a window shade.

U.S. Pat. No. 5,400,848 issued on Mar. 28, 1995, to Janet R. Gainerdescribes decorative window shades constructed of multiple layers ofmaterials applied in layers to achieve translucent areas of varyingthickness. The window shade is distinguishable for requiring varioustranslucent areas of varying thickness.

U.S. Pat. No. 6,503,188 B1 issued on Jan. 7, 2003, to Joseph Augustdescribes a rollable health care display that can be attached to the endof a bed or a chair and extended upward by its cylindrical housing toreveal the visual display. The device is distinguishable for beingrequired to attach to a bed or a chair.

United Kingdom Patent Publication No. 265,061 published on Feb. 3, 1927,for Samuel E. Snyder describes a window shade attached to a pair ofrollers, wherein one roller having a flexible connection to one end ofthe shade. The shade is distinguishable for requiring two rollers.

None of the above inventions and patents, taken either singly or incombination, is seen to describe the instant invention as claimed. Thusa window shade with educational displays solving the aforementionedproblems is desired.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The window shades with educational displays are intended to furtherinstruct students and business persons in various topics which can bereviewed while passing by them. Illustrative examples are shades with:(1) globe and a list of seven continents for primary and intermediategrades; (2) images and identification of books, phone, sun, horse,school, stuffed chair, Teddy bear, alphabet blocks, alarm clock, tree,apple, and flowers intended for primary grades; (3) alphabetical letterssuch as capitals and lower case letters pictured with various articlessuch as ball for “B,b”; (4) a standing man with his muscles delineatedfor science classrooms; (5) a multiplication chart for intermediategrades listing an X in the upper right corner from the numbers 1 to 10listed horizontally and vertically, and wherein the horizontal andvertical numbers are grouped in sets such as 3, 6, 9, to 30; and (6) achart headed by eight words with a list of their synonyms. These imagesare dyed directly onto the window shades for educational purposes.Another advantage for the use of these shades is the increase in spacein the classroom for posting items that must be changed regularly.

Accordingly, it is a principal object of the invention to provide windowshades with educational displays.

It is another object of the invention to provide window shades witheducational displays for school children in school.

It is a further object of the invention to provide window shades witheducation displays for personnel in a business.

Still another object of the invention is to provide window shades thatcan save space for educational material within the classroom.

It is an object of the invention to provide improved elements andarrangements thereof for the purposes described which is inexpensive,dependable and fully effective in accomplishing its intended purposes.

These and other objects of the present invention will become readilyapparent upon further review of the following specification anddrawings.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a front elevational view of an instructional window shade withan educational display of a globe and a list of seven continentsaccording to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front elevational view of a window shade for primary gradestudents showing books, phone, sun, horse, and the like.

FIG. 3 is a front elevational view of a window shade for primary gradestudents featuring the alphabet with articles starting with the specificletter.

FIG. 4 is a front elevational view of a window shade showing the humanmuscular system.

FIG. 5 is a front elevational view of a window shade for intermediategrade classrooms indicating answers in a multiplication table whereinX=1 to 10.

FIG. 6 is a front elevational view of a window shade depicting certainsynonyms for student children.

Similar reference characters denote corresponding features consistentlythroughout the attached drawings.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

The present invention is directed in FIGS. 1 to 6 to operable windowshade displays with various educational materials directed to lowergrade grammar students, high school students, college students, andbusiness employees. A typical student classroom has many windows andshades. Therefore, instructive information in the form of pictures,numerals, grammar, and the like can be permanently dyed or lithographedon the shades.

FIG. 1 is a shade 10 based on the instruction of seven listed continents12 and illustrating a globe 14 with a partial view of the continents.This shade 10 would instruct primary and intermediate school students.

FIG. 2 is a shade 16 picturing articles and their names such as a pileof books 18, a telephone 20, the sun 22, a horse 24, a school house 26,a padded chair 28, a teddy bear toy 30, two alphabetized blocks 32, analarm clock 34, a tree 36, an apple 38, and two flowers (roses) 40. Thistableau with descriptive titles in shade 14 is directed to aid primaryschool students.

FIG. 3 illustrates a window shade 42 the capitol (upper case) and lowercase letters of the alphabet along with familiar objects beginning withthat letter. Block 44 features an apple with the “A, a”. Block 46 showsa baseball for “B,b”. Block 48 depicts an alarm clock for “C, c”. Block50 illustrates a drum for “D, d”. Block 52 features the earth for “E,e”. Block 54 shows fish for “F, f”. Block 56 has a traffic light with aflashing green to indicate “go” for “G, g”. Block 58 depicts a hammerfor “H, h”. Block 60 shows a double-dipped ice cream cone to indicate“I, I”. Block 62 illustrates a slice of bread with either jam or jellyon it to indicate “J, j”. Block 64 features a kite for “K, k”. Block 66shows a table lamp for “L, 1”. Block 68 depicts a magician's equipmentsuch as a top hat and a wand for “M, m”. Block 70 has a walnut for a nut“N, n”. Block 72 features an octopus for “O, o”. Block 74 shows a spinetpiano for “P, p”. Block 76 illustrates a crowned queen for “Q, q”. Block78 depicts a robot man for “,R r”. Block 80 has a pair of scissors for“S, s”. Block 82 features a table telephone for “T, t”. Block 84 shows aU-shape pronged kitchen utensil for “U, u”. Block 86 illustrates aviolin and fiddle for “V, v”. Block 88 depicts a windmill for “W, w”.Block 90 has a xylophone for “W, w”. Block 92 features a yo-yo articlefor “Y, y”. Block 94 has a zebra for “Z, z”. Thus, the alphabet has beendramatized with the capitol and lower case letters along with articlesbeginning with that letter.

FIG. 4 illustrates the human musculature on a window shade 96 as a maleFIG. 98 depicting the pectoralis major 100, the deltoid 102, the biceps104, the serratus major 106, the rectus abdominus 108, the quadricepsfemoris 110, and the gastrocnemius 112. Although other muscles areshown, these appear to be the most familiar.

FIG. 5 is a multiplication and division chart 114 on a window shade 116for intermediate grade classrooms having an “X” in a corner and numeralsradiating horizontally and vertically. For example, the student cancheck his/her answer to 6 times 6 as 36. Another use of this chart isfor division of numbers. The instructor can also utilize this chart tosave space on the blackboard.

FIG. 6 shows a chart 118 on a window shade 120 designed to providechildren with synonyms to increase their knowledge of other words havingthe same general meaning. In space 120, “A LOT” can have synonyms suchas “Many, Loads, Masses”, and “Heaps”. In space 122, “NICE” would mean“Pleasant, Good, Kind, Polite”, and “Kind”. In space 124, “SAD” canimply “Depressed, Gloomy, Miserable, Cheerless”, and “Poignant”. Inspace 126, “HAPPY” can mean “Content, Pleased, Glad, Joyful”, and“Blissful”. In space 128, “SAID” can be substituted with “Speak, Utter,Declare, State” and “Shout”. In space 130, “GOOD” can have synonyms“Fine, Excellent, Superior”, and “Wonderful”. In space 132, “BAD” couldbe “Awful, Terrible, Dreadful, Appalling”, and “Dire”. In the last space134, “FUN” would be “Amusing, Enjoyable”and “Pleasure”.

Thus, various modes of instructional window shades have been shown toinstruct school children or adults in business for improvement in theirbasic understanding of grammar, mathematics, human anatomy, andgeography.

It is to be understood that the present invention is not limited to theembodiments described above, but encompasses any and all embodimentswithin the scope of the following claims.

1. A window shade with educational displays, comprising: a windablewindow shade having an interior surface; an educational indiciaimprinted on said interior surface; and said educational indiciaintended for people selected from the group consisting of students andbusiness people; whereby passing by people will be further educated. 2.The window shade with educational displays according to claim 1, whereinthe passing people are students in the range of preschool to twelfthgrade.
 3. The window shade with educational displays according to claim1, wherein said educational indicia is imprinted on the lower portion ofsaid interior surface.